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Pflugerville vs Austin

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (29.4× in Austin) and size (14.8× in Austin).

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Pflugerville, TXKnown for its schoolsTexas · 65,971 people
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Austin, TXA history townTexas · 979,539 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

PflugervilleKnown for its schools
Schools#261 for schools in TXof 583 towns HealthHealthier than 85%of U.S. towns on CDC estimates Outdoors#88 most conserved land in TX18 miles of trails across 34 parks and preserves All about Pflugerville →
AustinA history town
HistorySettled in 1835207 places on the National Register College town9 collegesThe University of Texas at Austin Work803,922 jobsbased in Austin, a regional job hub All about Austin →
The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Trails29.4×
Austin has more miles of trail
Austin 532.8 miPflugerville 18.1 mi
Size14.8×
Austin is the bigger place
Austin 979,539Pflugerville 65,971
Work in town+57.6 pts
More of Austin’s workers stay in town
Austin 65.1%Pflugerville 7.5%
Growth since 2010+17.2 pts
Pflugerville has grown faster since 2010
Pflugerville +38.9%Austin +21.7%
Jobs per worker2.9×
Austin is more of a job hub
Austin 1.79Pflugerville 0.61
Homeowners+26.5 pts renters
Austin has more renters
Pflugerville 69.9%Austin 43.4%
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $790 more a month in Austin

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Pflugerville$2,420/mo
Typical home $367K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.63% · or rent about $1,932/mo · Housing →
Austin$3,210/mo
Typical home $497K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.44% · or rent about $1,729/mo · Housing →

The difference: $790 a month, about $9,500 a year, between Austin and Pflugerville.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Austin places higher on 14 of 26 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety
C+PflugervilleSafer than 41% of U.S. towns DAustinSafer than 10% of U.S. towns
Schools
B−PflugervilleBetter than 52% of districts in the state C+AustinBetter than 44% of districts in the state
Health
APflugervilleHealthier than 85% of U.S. towns AAustinHealthier than 87% of U.S. towns
12Pflugerville
14Austin

Lists won, of 26 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #41#310 SafestSafety · 470 towns #244#443 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #117#34 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #396#267 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #256#383 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #95#174 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #129#52 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #102#171

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Pflugerville’s rankings →

Where they are

Pflugerville and Austin share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

PflugervilleAustinPflugervilleAustin
Pflugerville ↔ Austin14 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
17,331 Pflugerville residents work in Austin (50.2% of its workers)
4,018 Austin residents work in Pflugerville (0.9% of its workers)
Work & commute in Pflugerville →
Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
PflugervilleAustin
Snow a year0″0″
January low—42°F
July high—97°F
Growing season (days)—291d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)34th40th
Outdoors & history
PflugervilleAustin
Trails18 mi533 mi
Conserved land7.4%18.3%
Settled19651835
National Register places1207
Archive photos—12
Famous people born here—23
Community
PflugervilleAustin
Library hours a week60 hrs61 hrs
Colleges in town—9
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

PflugervilleAustin
People
Population 65,971Lowest 979,539Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +38.9%Highest TX: +15.9% +21.7%Lowest TX: +15.9%
Median age 37.3±0.7Highest 5% above TX 34.7±0.2Lowest about the TX average
Kids under 18 25%±2Highest TX: 25% 18%±0.4Lowest TX: 25%
Age 65+ 9.1%±0.9Lowest TX: 13.4% 10.4%±0.3Highest TX: 13.4%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43%Lowest TX: 33.8% 59.6%Highest TX: 33.8%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.1%±1.4Lowest TX: 6.2% 8.2%±0.3Highest TX: 6.2%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $117,799±$7kHighest 50% above TX $93,658±$2kLowest 19% above TX
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $402,400±$12kLowest 42% above TX $555,300±$8kHighest 96% above TX
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,932±$100Highest 38% above TX $1,729±$14Lowest 23% above TX
Property taxmedian, yearly $6,543Lowest 55% above TX $8,024Highest 90% above TX
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.5%±7.6Highest TX: 51.7% 47.7%±1.4Lowest TX: 51.7%
Pflugerville and Austin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 6.1%Lowest TX: 13.8% 12%Highest TX: 13.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 69.9%Highest TX: 62.6% 43.4%Lowest TX: 62.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 2004Highest 12 yrs newer than TX 1994Lowest 2 yrs newer than TX
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 27 minHighest about the TX average 24 minLowest 11% below TX
Work from home 23.9%±2.5Lowest TX: 14.4% 30.7%±0.7Highest TX: 14.4%
Work in townworking residents 7.5%Lowest 65.1%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 8.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.61Lowest 1.79Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Austin (50%)Houston (3%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 50% work in Austin1% work in Pflugerville
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 7.4%Lowest 18.3%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 18.1 miLowest 532.8 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 1.6 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 34Lowest 356Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 75.2Highest 69.3Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #261 of 583 in TX#264 of 583 in TX
School district PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLSTEXANS CAN ACADEMIES · WAYSIDE SCHOOLS
High school in town Hendrickson H SBowie H S
Students per teacherat that high school 16.3Lowest 17.6Highest
Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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